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Article: Air force tests new cargo plane
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- Jerusalem Post
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- March 12, 1998
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ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
Jerusalem Post
03-12-1998
OC Air Force Maj.-Gen. Eitan Ben-Eliahu took a test flight in Lockheed Martin's new C-130J cargo plane yesterday.
Transport aircraft to replace its aging fleet are high on the IAF's wish list. And at $50 million a plane, the C-130J will likely remain a wish. Still, Lockheed Martin made Israel a stop on the plane's world tour. Top air force officers converged at the air base in Lod to inspect the craft. Ben-Eliahu piloted it in a test run.
Most of the IAF's C-130s were provided by the United States during the Yom Kippur War. The C-130J is a new generation of the multi-purpose aircraft which serves as the backbone of Israel's airborne cargo ...